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Facts about Fucose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase.
Catalyzes the formation of GDP-L-fucose from GTP and L- fucose-1-phosphate.
Functions as a salvage pathway to reutilize L- fucose arising from the turnover of glycoproteins and glycolipids..
Human | |
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Gene Name: | FPGT |
Uniprot: | O14772 |
Entrez: | 8790 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
fucose-1-phosphate guanyltransferase; fucose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase; GDP-beta-L-fucose pyrophosphorylase; GDP-L-fucose diphosphorylase; GDP-L-fucose pyrophosphorylase; GFPPEC 2.7.7.30
Mass (kDA):
68.01 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1p31.1 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (74198212..74208702) |
Expressed in many tissues.
Cytoplasm.
PMID: 9804772 by Pastuszak I., et al. GDP-L-fucose pyrophosphorylase: purification, cDNA cloning, and properties of the enzyme.